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8 ½ Women

1999 · 121 min · Drama, Comedy · ★ 5.5

After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, at the prompting of his playboy son Storey, populates his Geneva villa with eight-and-a-half concubines. Three are from Kyoto, where Storey manages Pachinco palaces. Each has a distinctive personality: a nun, a child bearer, a gambler, a student of Kabuki, a horsewoman with a pet pig, a maid. As a year passes, the women begin asserting their own power.

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Cast

  • John Standing
    Philip Emmenthal
  • Matthew Delamere
    Storey Emmenthal
  • Vivian Wu
    Kito
  • Annie Shizuka Inoh
    Simato
  • Toni Collette
    Griselda
  • Claire Johnston
    Amelia, Philip's Wife

Crew

  • Director · Peter Greenaway
  • Screenplay · Peter Greenaway
  • Producer · Kees Kasander

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